Ping Pong Life

Chapter 456

From the audience's point of view, this year's mixed doubles final was a bit weird.

At the beginning of the first game, the two sides were at war with each other, as if they were killing their father and enemy, but they fought like an exhibition match.

Tang Yuanyuan was still trying to kill her, whenever she had a chance, she would rush forward, letting Lin Zijun use her strength to fight.

Wang Chao is still trying to compete with Lin Zijun for speed. Although he can't compete, sometimes he relies on prediction, sometimes he relies on gambling, sometimes he relies on stepping down, and sometimes he relies on ignorance.

Lin Zijun also relaxed. In the first round, he caught the ball from Tang Yuanyuan. He didn't insist on attacking. Instead, he played a lot of tricks, occasionally cutting, pushing, moving, and changing lines. Right, it's like showing yourself.

In the second round, he caught Wang Chao's ball, but Wang Chao stopped serving the short backspin, and started to serve all kinds of weird balls, as if it was a big show in the encyclopedia of serving, so Lin Zijun also showed it together. With a wave of delicate skills in judging and handling the serve by themselves, the two cooperated well, each taking what they needed, and both won rounds of applause from the audience.

So the only one who was cautious from the beginning to the end was Zhen Jing. In the first game against Wang Chao, she always used the safest way to catch the ball. In the second game against Tang Yuanyuan, even if there was an opportunity, she would not attack and played control throughout the process. Ball, watertight, is a woman who is more stable than a defensive tower.

Judging from the strategy on the field, the Bay Island combination is actually leading, because Wang Chao can't beat the opponent with speed.

But because Zhen Jing's side had too many loopholes, the points lost by the Tang Dynasty team in the competition for speed can often be earned back by Zhen Jing.

In this way, it turned out to be a well-matched situation. The score rose alternately from the first game, and finally the Tang Dynasty team won a small 11:9 victory.

In the second game, the situation was still the same, but Wang Chao started to improve the quality of the veneer, and Lin Zijun also started to speed up. The two sides played in the end, and the Tang Dynasty team still won 11:9.

It's just that Zhen Jing feels wronged.

She was already the most cautious of the four people present, but almost all the points of the Bay Island Group were lost from her.

On the other hand, for the Tang Dynasty group, Wang Chao lost more points than Tangyuanyuan.

The problem is, for a character like Wang Chao, no matter how much he loses points, no one will think that he is a bad guy. At most, he will think that he has played too much.

As for Tang Yuanyuan's matchup data among female players, there is no doubt that they are far ahead of Zhen Jing because of Wang Chao's share of the pot.

So Zhen Jing who works the hardest looks the best.

"What are you doing? Just catch me and bully me alone?"

Zhen Jing was the oldest present, and the other three were all 18 years old, so Zhen Jing couldn't lose her temper, because it would look very immature, she could only hold her breath and carry it silently.

In the third round, everyone played even more. First, the score climbed to a 7:7 tie in one breath, and then the Tang Dynasty team, probably for stability, began to attack Zhen Jing continuously, hitting 10:7 in one breath, and holding three championships. points to a huge advantage.

For the last ball, Lin Zijun took the initiative to play tricks. After Tang Yuanyuan's explosive charge, he did not choose the usual return, but directly picked the ball high to a height of more than two meters.

This was like a signal, and the four people on the court immediately understood: Lin Zijun had just surrendered, and the last ball had to be played.

There are often players who play table tennis at the last moment, and this kind of thing usually happens more in Europe, because European players are generally more lively and less eager to win.

But Asian players can also play, and because of their more delicate skills, they have a higher success rate when playing. On the contrary, European players often play off.

Let’s talk about Lin Zijun picking the ball, Wang Chao followed suit, Zhen Jing and Tang Yuanyuan followed, and the four of them circled the table like a revolving lantern, turning and turning, the Tang Dynasty team and the Wandao team exchanged directions, standing on each other’s feet. When I arrived at the opponent's table, but the ball was still being played, there was no mistake, but because everyone stood in front of the opponent's table, when hitting the ball, instead of hitting the ball directly on the opposite table, It turned into hitting the table in front of him first, and then flying across the net.

This process, the details are more complicated, and readers need to practice it to understand it. In short, this is a very common game in the table tennis world. No matter how the player turns, the ball is always right. What is needed is the player himself. If you are a stupid player, you can directly confuse yourself.

Everyone still remember how Geng Shuai was beaten out of psychological barrier by Christian Hart seven years ago?

That year, Hart also conceded defeat. He took the initiative to pick the ball and wanted to play with Geng Shuai, just like the scene at this moment.

It's just that when he picked the ball, he discovered Geng Shuai's Achilles' heel, so the situation reversed.

At this moment, the audience all laughed and stood up, and began to clap their hands rhythmically. The serious and tense scene of the game turned into a sea of ​​joy at this moment.

After the players from both sides circled the table for a full circle, Lin Zijun smiled and gestured to Wang Chao, signaling him to end the game.

So Wang Chao symbolically ended the last goal with a not too serious smash.

At 11:7, the Tang Dynasty team won the third game, and thus defeated the Bay Island team with a score of 3:0, and won the first gold medal in the Olympic table tennis event.

Needless to say about the subsequent interviews and award presentations, this gold medal was actually expected by the world table tennis world. Although there were some accidents in the process, the result was reasonable, so the discussions did not arouse as much as expected.

Huaping won the championship, keeping a low profile as always.

The Bay Island Table Tennis Association won the runner-up, and was so excited that it kept broadcasting on the provincial news. Lin Zijun got a new title called "The Light of Treasure Island".

In China, there are still foreign fans who go to the Silver Ball Flying Dance website forum every day to ask: Will anchor Qin start broadcasting the next game?

When there were too many questions, the Silver Ball Flying Dance website had to issue another announcement, informing everyone that Qin Huachang would not broadcast live during the entire Olympics.

But only half a day later, there was a new announcement: If Sun Tianlong can reach the men's singles final, anchor Qin will broadcast the match live.

The foreign fans cheered because in their view, Sun Tianlong's entry into the final should be a certainty.

There is no such thing as strong players meeting in advance, because Huaguo's current top three men's singles candidates have already reached extremely high positions in the world rankings, and they will all naturally become seeds in different halves when they are drawn in groups.

In fact, Qin Huachang begged hard for this game. He has let go of most of his worries now, but if there is anything he has not let go of, it is the last trembling of Sun Tianlong's career.

After all, Sun Tianlong is the greatest achievement of his entire coaching career, and he is also the one with the deepest personal affection among all his disciples. In a sense, his affection for Sun Tianlong is even deeper than that for Qin Zhenyu.

Similarly, Sun Tianlong has always vowed to give Qin Huachang his retirement, treating Qin Huachang as his other father.

Therefore, whether Sun Tianlong can win the double-lap Grand Slam, Qin Huachang even pays more attention to it than Sun Tianlong himself.

After all, he is well-known, and he has been good for a lifetime. It is difficult to change the nature of the country, and it is impossible to really let go of it completely.

"The master of the double-lap Grand Slam winner", even in the current situation, he still can't really let go of this title.

He talked with his wife and son for a long time, and finally convinced his family.

"I promise not to get emotional."

"I swear, I just want to watch a good game without favoritism."

"I promise, as long as there is something wrong with me at that time, you will turn off the power directly, and I have no complaints at all."

"I promise, I can accompany you for at least 20 years, so don't worry."

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With the end of mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's doubles are on the agenda.

In fact, the Olympic table tennis event has undergone many changes in the past. Generally speaking, there must be men's singles and women's singles, while men's doubles and women's doubles have been constantly exchanged with the men's and women's teams.

For example, in the Olympic Games four years ago, there were no men's and women's doubles, only men's and women's teams.

But this kind of exchange is not just about exchanging items, but also about exchanging competition schedules.

The ITTF defaults that the men's and women's teams have the most gold content. After all, the victory or defeat of the team actually represents the victory or defeat of the entire association, and collective honor has always been more important than individual honor.

As for the mixed doubles, it belongs to this year's special magically modified competition system, which was added forcibly.

Therefore, the specific order of the Olympic table tennis events four years ago was this: women's singles, men's singles, women's team, and men's team.

This year's order is as follows: mixed doubles, women's doubles, men's doubles, women's singles, men's singles.

Did you see it?Essentially speaking, it is arranged from low to high according to gold content and excitement.

There is also a problem involved here, which is the singles preliminaries.

The preliminaries are similar to the qualifying rounds of the Open, and the players are also quite tough. They have to conduct high-intensity continuous matches without live broadcasts, and finally determine a number of main contestants.

Of course, it is impossible for Huaping to participate in this process. As for the main contestants selected from the preliminaries, Huaping has no interest in research.

They are all cannon fodder, a group of chickens, not even worthy of having a name.

When the mixed doubles is completely over, the men's singles preliminaries will also be played at the same time, so before the men's doubles and women's doubles are officially started, there must be a project that is very concerned by fans all over the world: the draw of singles events to determine the matchup table.

That afternoon, although it was just a lottery ceremony, the total number of people who watched the live broadcast around the world was only [-]% less than the number of people who watched the mixed doubles final.

It can also be seen that the popularity of singles is far higher than that of doubles. No matter how the ITTF forcibly elevates the status of mixed doubles, the fans also have a scale in their hearts.

The current world ranking table was immediately displayed on the big screen.

1, Hua Guo, Luo Jiu.

2, Hua Guo, Wang Chao.

3, Brazil, Hook.

4, Hua Guo, Sun Tianlong.

5, Hua Guo, Xiao Fei.

6. Bay Island, Lin Zijun.

7. Hua Guo, Lin Li.

8, Huaguo, Baifeng.

9, Deutsche, Bayer.

10, Sweden, K. Michel.

11. Hua Guo, Fan Xiaodong.

12, Sakura Country, Zhang Benkuang.

13, England, Pique.

14, Port District, Weng Chunting.

15, Deutschland, Heathfield.

16. Kimchi Country, Zhu Shixian.

17, Huaguo, Lu Feiyang.

18, Nigeria, Alur.

19, Cherry Blossom Country, water bird eagle.

20, Belarus, Ochumelov.

21, Deutschland, Wolff.

22, Deutschland, Qiu Shang.

23, Sweden, Morad.

24. Kimchi Country, Li Zhengzhi.

25, Hua Guo, Yan Ping'an.

26. Hua Guo, Fang Xiaobo.

27. Hua Guo, Zou Zhengyu.

28....

29....

30....

Many fans felt slightly shocked.

Because they saw Wang Chao's name, they had rushed to the top of the world's No. 2 ranking.

This made them a little dazed.

Throughout the second half of the year, the competitions were too intensive and there were too many competitions, and Wang Chao’s results were too good. He won consecutive championships in different events. He never lost any of the competitions he participated in. In the memory of the audience, Wang Chao was still ranked No. 9 in the world after he broke the record and won the Deutsches Open in July, but in a blink of an eye, Wang Chao was already No. 2.

The most frightening thing is that his second place is only ten points behind Luo Jiu, who is ranked first.

In other words, if Luo Jiu hadn't rushed to the Portuguese Open to gain momentum before the World Table Tennis Championships and won the Open Championship, Wang Chao would already be number one in the world.

The 18-year-old world No. [-]...

In fact, there are many interesting places in this list.

For example, Sun Tianlong was far ahead of everyone in points, but he has not played for too long. According to the new points rules of the ITTF, most of his points have been cleared, and now he has fallen to fourth place.

Although Hook has not won the championship this year, but because of his stable state, he has won almost all competitions and participated in many competitions, so it is not surprising that he has reached this height.

Xiao Fei should have dropped out of the top [-], but he suddenly went crazy during the Malaysian Open and won the championship, thus stabilizing his ranking.

Fan Xiaodong is similar to Hu Ke. Although he has no championship, he must win every time he participates, so he successfully rushed to the 11th place.

As for Zhang Benkuang and Lu Feiyang, it was purely a mistake. Taking advantage of the gap after the World Table Tennis Championships when no one participated in the Open, they won the men's singles championship at the Dubai Platinum Station at the end of October and the Singapore Station in mid-November. Speaking of which, these two are really lucky. Up to now, Lin Zijun and Fan Xiaodong, who are much stronger than the two of them, have not won the championship yet, but they have already won the title of world champion - of course, publicly Many fans do not recognize the championship, which is another way of saying it.

Besides, the young German player Qiu Shang also entered the rankings because he frequently entered the main match in the past year. As for Aluer, who defeated Qiu Shang in a row, it is of course more logical to enter the rankings and rank above Qiu Shang.

Among them are some veteran players, such as Mizutori Ying, Yan Pingan, Fang Xiaobo, and Zou Zhengyu, who are basically unlikely to appear in the world in the future. Mizufoni completely abandoned the Cherry Blossom National Table Tennis Association, but the latter three are already in the game. They have completely fallen behind in the brutal intra-team competition, and they will gradually be overwhelmed by the newly emerging young players, and now they are just lingering at the tail of the list.

Competitive sports go on and on, and the front wave is beaten to death on the beach by the more energetic back wave, which is not something that needs to be overly sad.

The organizers started the men's singles draw and grouping ceremony. First, the seed seats were determined according to the world rankings. Luo Jiu entered the upper half, Wang Chao entered the lower half, then Hu Ke entered the lower half, and Sun Tianlong entered the upper half.

After that, Huaping doesn't pay much attention to the arrangement, because the Huaping coaches have known for a long time that Wang Chao and Luo Jiu must be divided into the upper and lower halves, and there are several different sets of rules to choose from for the subsequent grouping. What I know is who Sun Tianlong is in the same area as.

Now they know that if Qin Huachang wants to explain Sun Tianlong's final, then Sun Tianlong must play Luo Jiu first.

Then the coaches probably paid attention to other people, such as Lin Zijun and Bayer in the lower half, Morad, Zhang Benkuang and Pique in the upper half, and others, there is really no need to pay attention.

The rest are busy, and the heroes of the world are actually in their own hands.

(End of this chapter)